Provenance Research

In December 1998, the Federal Republic of Germany and 43 other nations signed the, committing to identify the origin of public institution holdings and establish whether they contain unlawfully acquired works of art.

At its meeting on October 21, 1999, the City of Munich’s cultural affairs committee passed a resolution actively supporting the research in the city’s museums called for by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, the German Museums Association and the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States.
The Münchner Stadtmuseum has been conducting research into its holdings for over ten years now. In 2018, it established a dedicated provenance research office to identify Nazi-confiscated art and return it to its rightful owners. Its main aim is to work with the families concerned to reach fair and equitable solutions.